The Good, the Bad, and the Fugly.

(Don't expect a good nail design out of this post. It's They're all freaking ugly.)

The Good
So I bought this set of polishes by Color Club recently. It's one of the Alter Ego sets- Reveal your mystery.

Very pastel-y. Good thing I've been wanting pastels. I've decided that my next few posts will involve using these colors (sorta like a swatch/review/design all at once). I know, I'm a genius! *Hah! If only.* Anyway, I chose this pretty little number to go first.

It's 907 Sheer Disguise. (I have to roll my eyes at the names Color Club give their polishes. Kinda dumb to me, but whatever.)

It sure is pretty though. Pale blue, almost gray. Took three coats. Wondered what it would look like matte.

I likey.

The Bad
Tried to stamp white lollipops on top. Piece of shit matte coat. Polish wouldn't stick to it. See the patches?!

Know what's even sadder? I can't even seal the stamps with a top coat because that would defeat the purpose of a matte coat. Geez!

The Fugly
The lollipop was the third freaking pattern I tried. Here was the first one.

FAIL. I wanted to barf. I didn't even bother doing a clean-up because I removed it right after I took the photo. Here was the second attempt.

Double FAIL. My last post looked gorgeous, why the hell does this look like crap?! The ONLY thing I liked out of this whole mess was the color of the polish. It's days like these that make me want to chew my nails off.

Love Letter

This might be my absolute favorite mani. Ever. I did the newspaper/alchohol trick for the first time, and boy do I love it!


Notice how the print is backwards?

 I just grabbed a newspaper, a Q-tip, and some rubbing alcohol.
- I looked through the newspaper and cut out strips of print that I liked.
- I painted my nails this gray/biege/cream color by Color Club.
- I took the Q-tip, dipped it in the alcohol (mine was 50% isopropyl), and rubbed it all over my nail. I pretty much soaked my finger.
- I grabbed the newspaper strip, pressed the print onto my nail and just held it there for a few seconds.
- I peeled off the newspaper, gave my nail another rub with the alcohol (some paper stuck to it) and then put a top coat on once it was dry.

It took me a while to do each nail one by one, but I noticed that the print smeared off if I didn't paint it right away. Then I added some pink lips from my Bundle Monster plate and ta-da! I got me a love letter going!

Just trying out some colors

I bought some Milani 3D polish on clearance, and I was itching to wear all of them, so I did.

I really liked the polish, but it was a bitch to take clear photos. The camera wouldn't focus because of the shimmer.

I added a diamond pattern from my Bundle Monster plates with a purple polish.

My favorite color? Green. It had the best holo effect.

Let's go (partially) nude.

Didn't feel like painting my whole nail. So I sponged gold glitter at the tips.

Good ole cheap polish
from the Dollar Tree.

Then added some stickers I had.

Fairly simple mani, really. As a matter of fact. . .I think it's pretty dang close to this one that I did previously. Huh. How uncreative. Ah well.

Guest Nails: Jessica

This is a different Jessica from the snowflake mani. It was her birthday so I combined the marbling idea from Amanda's nails and the rhinestone idea from my new year mani. Her colors: pink, purple, and white. (The camera didn't capture the colors too well though; they are brighter in real life).



Look at that thumb and pinky!



Oh, and the ring finger,
of course.

Personally, I thought the mani turned out pretty well (and yes, I realize they look very similar in pattern to Amanda's nails, but hey, that's water marbling for you). Water marbling sure gets easier the more often I do it though. I really, really liked the rhinestones on her ring fingers. (I don't know if anyone can tell, but it's alternating pink and purple stones).

Happy belated birthday Jessica, and I hope you enjoyed your mani!

What a friend!

So my roommate let me use her Katy Perry shatter polish. Whoo! Thanks Amanda!

There's actually three layers of polish underneath the black: two of the bright blue and one glitter.

I have to admit, it was definitely fun wearing this polish. I really enjoyed the shatter effect.

Guest Nails: Amanda

Guess who got her hands on the Katy Perry shatter polish? My roommate. Damn her. She showed off her nails to me the other day, and boy am I jealous.

Her base color is Sally Hansen's Purple Diamond. I absolutely love this mani.

I didn't realize how freaking popular shatter/crackle polish is. The stuff's sold out everywhere. I'd like to own a bottle, but I'm not shelling out more than ten bucks (and even ten is pushing it) just to have it. This polish hobby of mine is getting too expensive.